Sabi Sand
Guests enjoy two exciting guided game drives daily atop custom-built 4x4 vehicles, conducted by a professional ranger and tracker. You may also participate in an optional guided bush walk at no additional expense (weather permitting). Once privately owned commercial farms, the Sabi Sand today is open to the celebrated Kruger National Park and is considered an extension of that prestigious wildlife area.
The reserve is internationally renowned for its high frequency of leopard sightings, arguably the best in Africa. These compelling cats are habituated to the presence of vehicles, and very close encounters are now often the norm. Their close cousins, the impressive lion, are also common, and there is no experience more thrilling than observing a pride of lions bringing down its quarry. Sabi Sand also protects the endangered white rhino and its more aggressive cousin, the black or hooked-lipped rhinoceros. Their other Big Five counterparts, the elephant and Cape buffalo, also occur. These are not the only animals found here, and sightings of impala, zebra, giraffe, warthog, waterbuck, nyala, and wildebeest occur frequently.
Once uncommon, African wild dogs and cheetahs are now recent additions to the predator hierarchy and are often spotted. Game drives occur during periods of increased activity - the early morning, late afternoon, and evening.